What does this mean for the Clippers? Very little on the court. Mullens last entered a game on Feb. 1 and last played more than seven minutes on Nov. 18. Similarly, Jamison last entered a game for the Clippers on Feb. 9 and, before that, was not seen since Jan. 10. So while L.A. has been thin in frontcourt depth, neither Mullens nor Jamison were alleviating the matter.

In terms of the salary cap, the Clippers were $2,048,967 over the tax line, per BasketballInsiders. Shaving Mullens and Jamison’s combined $1,832,200 off the books does save Los Angeles $2,748,300 in taxes, but it still leaves them $216,767 over the tax. For context, that is approximately the salary of Stephen Jackson’s non-guaranteed contract. But by all estimations, the Los Angeles Clippers will be tax payers for the first time in franchise history and could potential fall into the repeater tax next season should they choose to remain in luxury tax territory.

The Clippers’ season long quest for a bench big man never revealed an opportunity via trade. And so they enter the final 26 games of the season carrying only Ryan Hollins, Hedo Turkoglu as a smallball option. The hopes of a free agent fall to either one returning from overseas, simply awaiting a phone call or a player bought out in the aftermath of the trade deadline.

Whoever it is, L.A. will have a fortnight to find another body as the team now has 12 players. This falls one short of the league minimum 13 roster spots required by each team. The Clippers will be afforded two weeks to add an additional player so, at the very least, a 10-day signing is imminent.